Brief: Cornyn tours facilities

Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002

The Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Attorney General John Cornyn, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, visited a military aircraft-engine repair plant in San Antonio on Wednesday as part of his statewide "Texas Defends America" tour.

Cornyn watched a brief slide presentation at the Standard Aero USA plant, housed within the KellyUSA industrial park, and then he was given a quick tour of the plant.

Reporters were excluded from both activities, but Cornyn finished with a short speech amplified above the repair plant's din.

"This is one of the important reasons I say Texas defends America," he said of the plant, adding that he supports the large increases in defense spending sought by President Bush as a response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks.